BOOK THE THIRD.

CH. I.—How the King took an Occasion of making a new War upon

the Duke of Burgundy; and of his sending as far as Ghent to

summon him to appear by a Serjeant of the Parliament 167

CH. II.—Of the Delivering up of the Towns of St. Quentin and

Amiens to the King; and upon what Grounds the Constable and

others fomented the War between the King and the Duke of

Burgundy 171

CH. III.—How the Duke of Burgundy took Picquigny; and the Means

he found out to make a Truce with the King for a Year, to the

great Dissatisfaction of the Constable of France 175

CH. IV.—Of the Civil Wars between the Princes in England during

the Difference between Louis XI. and Charles, Duke of Burgundy 181

CH. V.—How the Earl of Warwick, by the Assistance of Louis,

King of France, drove King Edward IV. out of England, to the

great Displeasure of the Duke of Burgundy, who received him

into his Countries 187

CH. VI.—How the Earl of Warwick released Henry VI., King of

England, out of the Tower 195

CH. VII.—How King Edward returned into England, where he

defeated the Earl of Warwick in Battle, and the Prince of Wales

afterwards 199

CH. VIII.—How the War was renewed between King Louis and the

Duke of Burgundy, at the Solicitation of the Dukes of Guienne

and Bretagne 203

CH. IX.—How the final Peace which was negotiating between the

King and the Duke of Burgundy was broken off by the Duke of

Guienne’s Death, and how those two great Princes laboured to

circumvent one another 210

CH. X.—How the Duke of Burgundy, having encamped before

Beauvais, and finding he could not take it, raised the Siege,

and marched with his Army to Rouen 217

CH. XI.—How the King concluded a Peace with the Duke of

Bretagne, and a Truce with the Duke of Burgundy; and how the

Count of St. Paul very narrowly escaped a Plot that was laid

for him by these two great Princes 222

CH. XII.—A Digression, not altogether improper in this place,

concerning the Wisdom of the King and the Constable, with

useful Remarks for those who are in Authority with Princes 229

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